{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Washington, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Ruff, Washington |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =

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'''Ruff''' is an unincorporated community in Grant County, in the U.S. state of Washington.

==History== Ruff was platted in 1910 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref name="Chronicle">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M6BYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lfgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7180%2C2335398 | title=Few remain at Ruff | work=Spokane Daily Chronicle | date=Sep 8, 1971 | accessdate=October 28, 2015 | author=Yost, Richar H. N. | pages=A3}}</ref> The community was named in honor of Godfried Ruff, a German settler.<ref name="Chronicle" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=266|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=250}}</ref> A post office was established at Ruff in 1911, and remained in operation until 1954.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WA&county=Grant | title=Grant County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=October 28, 2015}}</ref>

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{{Grant County, Washington}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Grant County, Washington Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)

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